Gauddlike is now a moderator!

As our existing moderator (Sathra) hasn't been very active for some time now, I'm appointing a second one to help us fight the spambots and generally keep the forums clean in my absence. I have chosen Gauddlike because he's been posting here right from the very start of the project nearly three years back and therefore should have a pretty good handle on the way things should be run.

Thanks for giving us your time, Gauddlike, and welcome to your new role!

I'm some kind of scared, don't know why.

I for one would like to welcome our new Saxon overlords.

*runs and hides*

No spambot is safe, I will hunt them wherever they may hide.*

*If they only hide in plain sight here on this forum.

I for one would like to welcome our new Saxon overlords.

Gauddlike is German now?

I'm some kind of scared, don't know why.

I'm not afraid, I laugh dea... er. Gauddlike in the face! Moahahaha!

(No good will come of this.)

Gauddlike is German now?

Depends on how pro-Norman you are. Should've said anglo-saxon I suppose.

Work hard! (I think you'll have to change your avatar. Something to inspire fear and spread terror among the masses.)

Be afraid, be very afraid.....

I'm quite pro-Norman. One of my aunts got bored (I assume because she was old and doesn't understand the wonders of the internet) and traced our family lineage right the way back to the Norman conquest of Britain.

Turns out, I'm a direct decendant of William the Conquerer's sister! Which is pretty awesome, if you disregard the fact that probably about 10% of Britain can say the same given that he lived a thousand years ago. And the fact he allegedly looked like this.

I'm quite pro-Norman. One of my aunts got bored (I assume because she was old and doesn't understand the wonders of the internet) and traced our family lineage right the way back to the Norman conquest of Britain.

Turns out, I'm a direct decendant of William the Conquerer's sister! Which is pretty awesome, if you disregard the fact that probably about 10% of Britain can say the same given that he lived a thousand years ago. And the fact he allegedly looked like this.

You trying to say you're part Mer-man Chris?

I'm quite pro-Norman. One of my aunts got bored (I assume because she was old and doesn't understand the wonders of the internet) and traced our family lineage right the way back to the Norman conquest of Britain.

You must hate Ivanhoe then.

WtC isn't bad looking, can you spot any family resemblance? But perhaps his painters took liberties as was common practice at the time.

I dunno Chris, if you just grew a moustache...

Tell me, have you ever felt the urge to depose the queen?

I find it amusing that new moderator is "Godlike"

I just hope it doesn't go to his >ZAAAAPP< Hey! Quit It! >ZAAAAPP< Ow! Quit it!

Pesky aliens with their temporal weaponry, face the wrath of Chris' ancestor (or ansister) Ivanaut!

I don't think those paintings are from the days of William the Conqueror somehow - I remember doing a class on sculpture and art history and being shocked at how late in human history people actually learned to draw and paint realistically. It was roughly around the Renaissance, or something like that. People literally used to spend their entire lives being "artists" and never come up with anything that looked remotely convincing (a mildly depressing thought).

I guess it says a lot about the accumulated knowledge of humankind. Almost anyone can spend a few years being taught how to draw and paint properly these days and by the end they'll be able to come up with something realistic. But even if someone was an artistic genuis, if they were born a thousand years ago they wouldn't be able to do it even with an entire lifetime spent experimenting and practicing. Standing on the shoulders of giants, indeed.

Aaaand....yeah, well done Gauddlike!

Couple of hours practice with photoshop, a digital camera, and a decent printer and we could all have our own bayeux tapestry.

I find it amusing that new moderator is "Godlike"

No no it is a completely (slightly) different pronunciation.

Damn pesky alien hordes swarming in our atmosphere! Release the Gauddlike head! Its giant floating head will force them back up into orbit!

<quote> remember doing a class on sculpture and art history and being shocked at how late in human history people actually learned to draw and paint realistically. </quote>

So, bear this in mind if Chris expands the options to get portraits in the game for $50 a shot. They may look like stick people, but remember just how recently people learned how to draw at all.

So Gauddlike becomes godlike? Tell me, sir, would you by any chance by psychic? I'd use that fancier word that starts with C-something, but I can't spell it.

Anyways, congratulations to you, old dog! Because surely, you must be one of the oldest dogs in the kennel if you've been around for three years, no?

cognitive?

Congrats...

By the way, if I were you I'd look at the calendar.

If I'm not mistaken a few online_cash_loans are having their birthdays next week....

cognitive?

Clairvoyant!

No no it is a completely (slightly) different pronunciation.

Phonetics or we don't believe you....